As a Kobe hater, he was actually teammates with Kobe!

In the past week, Zhou Ze, who only played two games, missed the Western Conference Rookie of the Week award.

Chris Paul won the Western Conference Rookie of the Week award, but Zhou Ze gained a lot in the past week.

In the Lakers training hall, Zhou Ze is training inside defense.

It mainly focuses on defensive positioning, blocking and cutting timing.

"Good job!" When Zhou Ze disrupted Andrew Byram's dip step, the coach on the sidelines immediately gave Zhou Ze encouragement.

At the same time, the coach yelled at Byram: "Andrew, make bold moves, don't be so cautious."

Byram suddenly smiled bitterly.

He wanted to make a move, but Zhou Ze not only had a low center of gravity, but his lower body was also very stable.

Although I look a lot bigger than him, I am at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

As Zhou Ze's defensive footwork becomes more and more proficient, it becomes increasingly difficult to perform actions in front of him.

Of course, Zhou Ze couldn't beat Byram in the low post, and even beating Kobe was difficult.

But compared to the beginning of the season, Zhou Ze's low-post offense has made visible progress.

After a week of special training on interior defense, the interior defense +4 improved to 64 (96).

In addition, Zhou Ze's [Catch and Shoot] and [Three-Point Agent] were successively promoted from [Silver] to [Gold].

Whether it is windy or rainy, or raining US dollars.

Zhou Ze must make at least 1000 three-pointers every day.

Zhou Ze spent less than 50 days and made 5 three-pointers.

Numbers are cold.

But the intensity of this training was so great that even Kobe, who had visited Zhou Ze's home, was amazed.

Kobe saw Zhou Ze shooting three-pointers in the indoor basketball hall while wearing a ventilator.

【Catch and Shoot (Gold)】Function Introduction:

1. Improve the three-point shooting ability after catching the ball, three-point attribute +10.

2. To advance to the next level (Purple and Gold), you need to make a cumulative total of 1 (one million) three-pointers in games or training.

【Three-Point Agent (Gold)】Function Introduction:

1. When shooting a pull-up jump shot or a turnaround shot from three-point range, the three-point attribute is +10.

2. To advance to the next level (Purple and Gold), you need to make a cumulative total of 1 (one million) three-pointers in games or training.

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Zhou Ze's current badges are as follows:

Projection class:

[Catch and Shooter (Gold)], [Three-Point Agent (Gold)], [Sharpshooter (Silver)], and [Corner Three-Point Shooter (Silver)].

If Zhou Ze receives the ball in the corner and shoots a three-point jump shot, his three-point attribute will be +28, reaching an astonishing 122, and he will have good shooting resistance to interference.

The improvement of three-point shooting ability can reduce the impact of Zhou Ze's muscle shooting memory after confrontation in the interior.

It is worth mentioning that, if nothing unexpected happens, [Corner Three-Point Shooter (Silver)] can also be upgraded to [Gold] next year, that is, in late January 2006.

Defensive

[Ball-handling Steal Master (Silver)], [Bounce Master (Bronze)], and [Punch Master (Silver)].

Finalization category:

Aerial Work (Silver)

The highest level of badge is [Purple Gold].

The gap from [Gold] to [Purple Gold] is too big. If you make 100 three-pointers every day, it will take 1000 days.

"At least two and a half years, but as my three-point shooting becomes more and more accurate, the time required will definitely decrease." Zhou Ze thought to himself.

Another unexpected gain for Zhou Ze was that due to the devilish three-point training, he often had to wear a ventilator during training, which also improved Zhou Ze's physical strength to a certain extent.

Physical strength +2, increased to 96 (123).

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On the eve of the Christmas game, Zhou Ze and Kobe had a one-on-one duel after finishing the team training match.

Kwame Brown, dressed in a suit, was recording a video next to him.

"Zhou, today is your 129th one-on-one match against Kobe!"

"Before this, you had 0 wins."

Most of the Lakers players came to watch the game and they cheered on the sidelines.

Only Sasha Vujacic seemed out of place.

He was doing boring physical training alone. At the same time, Vujacic told the team through his agent that he wanted to be traded.

But there is basically no team that can look down on Vujacic.

To put it nicely, Vujacic's trade value is zero in the eyes of other teams' general managers.

"Kobe, the basket tonight is like the ocean to me." On the court, after receiving the ball from Kobe, Zhou Ze raised his hand and hit a three-pointer.

"Bad shot choice. I can only say you stepped in dog shit tonight." Kobe said angrily.

This is not because Kobe is jealous of Zhou Ze, but because he saw that this rookie was forcibly speeding up his shooting rhythm and release speed in order to avoid his cut ball.

To put it bluntly, Zhou Ze took less time than his normal shooting to kick the ball - jump up with force - stretch his body - press his wrist to shoot, and his movements were not as smooth as usual. If he was able to make the shot, it was indeed due to luck.

"Kobe, you don't understand. This is called 'unfixed shooting'." Zhou Ze lied.

"Hmph!" Kobe snorted coldly and walked to the three-point line, ready to catch the ball.

Kobe, who was in-your-face by Zhou Ze, also wanted to retaliate, but unfortunately his outside shooting was not very good tonight.

He missed five consecutive three-pointers from outside the arc.

In contrast, Zhou Ze made 5 of 3 three-pointers.

With a "Swish!", Zhou Ze hit another three-pointer, changing the score to 14 to 2.

Zhou Ze leads by 12 points.

Kobe's ball.

Zhou Ze, who was serving the ball to Kobe, used his most powerful trash talk technique—instructing the expert. He said, "Kobe, I know you're the kind of person who would dare to take the 50st shot even if you missed 51 times before. You'll definitely continue to shoot three-pointers this time."

"Shut up, noisy rookie!" Kobe would naturally not be fooled by such a stupid provocation.

Kobe used his speed to force his way past Zhou Ze, who retreated to defend him, saying in a dishonest tone, "Hey, hey...don't elbow me!"

In the end, Kobe completed a pull-up shot under Zhou Ze's defense.

Zhou Ze immediately responded with a three-pointer.

This time the shot was so fast that Zhou Ze felt nothing the moment it was thrown.

This is indeed the case. However, after Zhou Ze missed the shot, he immediately rushed to the basket and grabbed the offensive rebound with his height advantage.

Compared to the beginning of the season, Zhou Ze's rebounding ability has improved significantly. In addition to positioning and rebounding speed, he has also improved his prediction of rebounds.

If Zhou Ze can’t beat Kobe on the rebounds now, he can be castrated.

"shit!"

Kobe was fooled by Zhou Ze's fake shot and took a step forward. Zhou Ze passed the ball and broke through. But even so, Kobe almost snatched the ball from Zhou Ze's hand. Zhou Ze stumbled to the basket and jumped up to complete a dunk.

The final score was 21 to 18!

When Zhou Ze won the duel, young players like Kwame Brown, Andrew Byram, and Death God Parker couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. But soon, they thought of something, glanced at Kobe, and suddenly became quiet again.

"Haha, man, did you film the one-on-one video of Kobe and I just now? Send it to me when you get back, and I want to upload it online." As Kobe's good friend, Zhou Ze's first thought after winning the game was to upload the video of his one-on-one victory to the Internet.